This story is now old (November) and had been ongoing since the start of the Fall semester at this middle school, but I just learned about it.
The video to watch first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7k5O9LtBo&feature=player_embedded
What the video doesn’t tell us is more about the details of why he was told to take it down:
He flew the American flag on his bike as he rode to and from his school — Denair Middle School — for two months as he was gearing up for a school trip to Washington D.C. Cody’s display of American pride was cut short though when a campus supervisor asked him to remove the flag because it might be creating “racial tension” and there were some concerns for his safety.
January 7, 2011
http://www.turlockjournal.com/news/article/7371/
or the following
What seemed to be an innocent demonstration of patriotism soon spiraled into controversy when Cody's school administration forbade him from flying the flag because other students found it offensive. The Superintendent of the Denair School District spoke to the press saying he did not want to incite "racial tension" and that Cody was asked to not bring his flag to school for his own safety.
So … Turlock California … racial tensions????
How tolerant.
Take down the flag so as to avoid bothering people!! In my country, I should not fly my flag so as to avoid bothering someone (who is not from my country, and to be honest, does not care much about my country) - not going to happen, regardless of racial tension.
tolerance
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